When the researchers knocked out the protein ATF4 in cells or mice, they found tumour cells continued to build up those proteins and eventually died as a result of stress. [ + ]

Ovarian reserve — a marker of potential female fertility based on the number of resting follicles in the ovary — has been found in a large-scale study to be adversely affected by high levels of air pollution. [ + ]

Two years after the world's first comparative trial of mass drug administration against scabies, the infection rate remained significantly down. [ + ]

A study of 303 infants found that different temperament traits are connected with individual microbe genera, microbial diversity and different microbe clusters. [ + ]

Coronary CT angiography is a suitable diagnostic technique in patients with a low to intermediate probability of coronary artery disease, researchers say. [ + ]

ANU's Dr Si Ming Man has won the annual Commonwealth Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research for 2018. [ + ]

Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews has announced a series of partnerships in the Asia Pacific to support female leaders in business and STEM. [ + ]

Tested in a global trial, the drug regulates bone development and boosts growth rates in children with achondroplasia — the most common type of dwarfism. [ + ]

Mironid has developed a compound to treat autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease — a hereditary, progressive disease that affects around 12 million people worldwide. [ + ]

AXT has signed an agreement to distribute stem cell solutions from StemBioSys to researchers in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

Researchers have discovered that the development of the hippocampus is severely impacted in adolescence following the onset of the first psychotic symptoms. [ + ]

The blood pressure drug nilvadipine increases blood flow to the brain's memory and learning centre among people with Alzheimer's disease without affecting other parts of the brain. [ + ]

A trial into the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia has been so successful that the US FDA approved the treatment for patients with the disease prior to the trial data being presented. [ + ]

Microba, an Australian biotech company specialising in gut microbiome analysis, has received a $4.1 million investment from global precision medicine company Macrogen. [ + ]

Cranberries are highly sought after for their tangy taste and the antioxidants they contain, but a new study provides evidence that they could also help in the fight against antibiotic resistance. [ + ]